Fire-Tongue

Private investigator Paul Harvey is no stranger to the perils of the Far East, but he is about to encounter a force more deadly than any he has known before. Harvey is visited in his London office by Sir Charles Abingdon, a man he once met years ago in India. Sir Charles believes his life is in danger. But before he can explain his story in full, he suddenly becomes violently ill. And his last words are mysterious indeed: “Fire-Tongue.”